Kalkaska Middle School

Kalkaska Middle School is a middle school in KALKASKA, Michigan, according to federal school records. The school offers grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 307 students. The school is 39% below the average for middle schools in Michigan.

Kalkaska Public Schools counts 4 schools and 1,333 students, including Kalkaska Middle School.

The share of students at Kalkaska Middle School who are White is 96%. Enrollment also includes 3% Hispanic. Kalkaska County residents are about 93% White, a similar share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 8, compared with 70 nationally.

Classroom staffing at Kalkaska Middle School totals 18.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.5:1. Compared with the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Michigan, this school's ratio is lower. Federal data show 55% of students (170) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Kalkaska County is close, at 55%.

Based on student poverty, the model expects 41.8% at Kalkaska Middle School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 41.1%.

In the wider Kalkaska County area, median household income comes to about $68,578, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kalkaska County's 8 public schools enroll about 1,728 students and include Kalkaska Middle School.

Kalkaska Elementary School is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Kalkaska Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles.

The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 6%.

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